Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1,742, Benjamin Fifield, N.H.

SERVICE
N.H.
Fifield, Benjamin Susanna
NUMBER
W. 1,742 B.L. VA 14988-160-55
CONTENTS

13,963 R
New Hampshire
Benjamin Lefield
of Salisbury in the state of N. Hampshire who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Beebe of the N. Hampshire line, for the term of One Year
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 20 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 of July 1818 and sent to Joshua Darling Esq. Amherst N. Hampshire
  Arrears to 4th of  Mar 1819  83.96    Semi-ann. all'ce ending  Sep 1819  48.00    10 Mo 11 4 30 31   $131.96  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

W. J. S. & R. H. Gallaher. Dec. 12/55
100,992. Mar. 3 1853
Apr. 27. "
Susannah Fifele, widow of Benj. Fifele, Ped.
N. H. Cont. line
End? Dis.
Revolutionary War.
Pensioner.
Ms. B. 1. 6 v. 48-598
Ad. 160 Acc. Jan. 26/56.
[Handwritten signature/initials]
John S. & R. H. Gallaher.
Present.
Vol. F. 49. —

598.
Indiana W
Susanna Fifield widow of Benjamin Fifield,
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Guiratz.
N o 16, Same
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
96
Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
27 th
day of June 1850,
and sent to
Hon G. N. Fitch,
H. of R.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February  29 1848, Page 188, Vol. A.
July
Reg 5 mss. 100992

Benjamin Fife's Affidavit on abolition for a Pension Part   No 43.
State of Vermont in the County of Franklin ss. I hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that Benjamin Fife served in the Revolutionary Army on the Continental establishment against the enemy during more than nine months in the course of said war, and that he is entitled to a pension of one hundred dollars per annum for the remainder of his natural life.
Buy. Fife is private Col Beadle's Regiment New Hampshire Line
1776 - One year 20 April 1810.
Admitted
[Faint, mirrored text from the reverse side of the page, likely bleed-through from the original document.]

To the Honorable Joshua Darling one of the Associate judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the first District in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire —
I Benjamin Fifeild of Salisbury in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire testify and say that I enlisted into the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War, as a pri- vate soldier in the Continental establishment in the month of February 1776 for the term of one year and served during said term in Capt. James Cogswell's Company in a Regiment commanded by Col. Timothy Bedel of the New Hampshire line — and was regularly discharged at Saratoga at the expiration of said year — I further that I was in reduced circumstances in life as to my the emoluments of my late service April 20. 1818
Benj n Fifeild
State of New Hampshire Hillsborough ss. April 20. 1818. Then personally appeared the above named Benjamin Fifeild and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is just and true before me
Joshua Darling
One of the Associate judges of the Court of Common Pleas the first District — Hillsborough County New Hampshire

Benjamin D. D. D. Affidavit on abolition No. 43.
State of New Hampshire, Ss. I, the undersigned Joshua Darling, Judge of the Court as aforesaid hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that said Benjamin D. D. D. served in the Revolutionary Army on the continental establishment against the common enemy more than nine months as a member of continued service. I further certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Benjamin D. D. D. is in reduced circumstances in life and stands in need of assistance from his Country for support. Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this 20th day of March A.D. 1818
State of New Hampshire } Joshua Darling, } His Honor The Court of Common Pleas for the first District in Hillsborough County New Hampshire do certify that the above signature Joshua Darling is a true signature of said Court, that the above is his signature and the seal hereunto affixed is the seal of said Court. Moses Eastman Clerk

State of Indiana Pulaski County ss
On this the seventeenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thou- sand eight hundred and fifty personally appeared before the undersigned William G. Galtott Probate Judge of the County of Pulaski and State of Indiana Susanna Gifford a resident of the said County of Pulaski and State of Indiana aged eighty years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath Make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress approved July the twenty ninth in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty eight entitled an act for the relief of certain surviving widows of officers and soldiers of the revolutionary army and that she  Ben is the widow of Ben- jamin Gifford who was a private soldier in the revolutionary army and that said Ben- jamin Gifford was a pensioner in his life time and that at the time the said Benjamin Gifford entered the army he resided at Concord New Hampshire and when the said Benjamin Gifford was on the pension list he was a resident of the town of Salisbury in

in said State of New Hampshire all of which will more fully appear by reference to the records of the War Department. She further declares that she was married to the said Benjamin Gifford on as above stated the fifth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety seven and that her husband the said Benjamin Gifford died on the about the fifteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty four in the town of Grafton in the State of New Hampshire and that she has ever since remained a widow and that she was married to the said Benjamin Gifford as above stated at Grafton in the State of New Hampshire legally according to the laws of the said State of New Hampshire She further says that she is now a widow and that she has no documentary evidence of her mar- riage with the said Benjamin Gifford and that she has never before made any application for a pension sworn and subscribed to before Her Me this day and year above } Susanna Gifford written } Mark
Wm. C. Saltonstall Probate Judge

State of Indiana Porter County ss
I William C Galtott named in the above and for my affiant depose and say that I hold the office of Probate Judge of the County and State aforesaid and that the above named Susanna Galtott made the above named for my affidavit before me and that the said Susanna Galtott cannot now bodily in person attend Court and further saith not. Wm. C. Galtott.
Subscribed and sworn to before me the 18 th day of June A.D. 1850
John Dunning a Justice of the peace
State of Indiana, I William W Jones clerk of the Porter Circuit Court Porter County ss, and State of Indiana hereby certify that William C Galtott before whom the foregoing affidavit of Susanna Galtott was made was at the time of taking said oath Probate Judge of the Probate Court by authority of Law of Porter County duly commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit is due to his acts as such and that the signature above is the signature of the said Wm C Galtott Judge as aforesaid and that the said Probate Court is a Court of Record established by the Laws and Constitution of the said State of Indiana and also that John Dunning before whom the above affidavit of William C Galtott was made was at the time of the making

Said affiant a Justice of the peace for said by authority of Law County, duly commissioned and qualified as such Justice and that full faith and credit are due to his acts as such In testimony whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said circuit court at Valparaiso This 18 th day of June 1850 W. W. Jones, Clerk, P. & C.

100,992.
CLAIM OF
Clerk.
M c Susanah Field
FOR
BOUNTY LAND.
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
A. D., 1857 M c Susanah Cipre
widow of Benj. Field Revolution
No Two Hundred & Five
Filed Apr 27 th 1856
BY
JOHN S. & RO. H. GALLAHER,
Present.

100,992.
CLAIM OF
Clerk.
M c Susanah Fairfield
FOR
BOUNTY LAND.
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
A. D. 1855 M c Susanah Fairfield
widow of Benj. Fairfield Revolution
The sum Hundred & Five
Filed Apr 27 th 1855
BY
JOHN S. & RO. H. GALLAHER,
Present.

WIDOW'S CLAIM FOR BOUNTY LAND.
To be made by the Widow who has never had a Land Warrant.
STATE OF Indiana } COUNTY OF Putnam }
On this 21 day of April A. D., 1855, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the peace, within and for the County and State, aforesaid Mrs Susanah Fiefield aged 79 years, a resident of the County of Putnam in the State of Indiana who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Benj Fiefield deceased, who was a in the Company commanded by Captain James M. [illegible] in the Regiment of the 1st Regt. Ind. Vol. Inf. commanded by Col. John S. [illegible] in the War with the rebellion that she was married to the said Benj Fiefield in Enfield on the 26 day of October in the year 1845 , that her maiden name was Sarah Root that her said husband died in the year 1853 and that she is now a widow. and is drawing a pension for the services of said Benj Fiefield and for proof marriage and death of husband, she refers to her pension papers.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under Act of March 3d, 1855, never having received nor applied for bounty land under this or any other Act of Congress
She hereby appoints JOHN S. & RO. H. GALLAHER, her attorneys to prosecute and receive her warrant.
[Sign your name.]
We, Susanah Fiefield and Thomas H. Fiefield residents of Putnam County in the State of Indiana upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Susanah Fiefield in our presence, and that we know she is now a widow, and we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant, together with our acquaintance with her, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
[Witnesses must sign their names.]
Thomas H. Fiefield Coleta W. Fiefield
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day of and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Edward Dorr J. P.
STATE OF Indiana } set. COUNTY OF Putnam }
I hereby certify that Edward Dorr Esq., before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit were made, is and was, at the time of taking the same, an acting justice of the peace within and for the county and state aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signature above is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office, this 21 st day of April 1855.
W. H. Lamy Clerk.

State of Indiana County of Porter
I, W. M. Jones Clerk of the County  Circuit Court, in and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Edward Dorr Esq. whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing declaration and affidavit is, and was, at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, that all his official acts as such, are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid County  Circuit Court is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction.
Given under my hand and the seal of my office, at Valparaiso
this 21 st day of April A. D., 1855
W. M. Jones Clerk.
100,992. CLAIM OF M c Intosh & Mitchell
FOR BOUNTY LAND. ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
widow of Henry Mitchell Rushmore
No Mrs. Henry Mitchell
Filed Apr 27 th 1855 BY JOHN S. & RO. H. GALLAHER, Present.
*This declaration must be accompanied by satisfactory proof of the marriage, of the husband's death, and the present widowhood of the claimant. If there be a public record of the marriage, a duly certified copy of it should be forwarded, if possible. If there be none but a private or family record, such family record, or a certified copy of the same, should be forwarded, with the affidavit of some disinterested persons proving the genuineness of the original and the correctness of the copy. If no public or private record of the marriage exist, or can be procured, that fact should be set forth in the declaration; and in such case, other evidences—such as the testimony of persons who knew the parties in the lifetime of the husband, and knew them to cohabit as husband and wife, and to be so reputed—will be admissible.
In no case, however, will the mere statement of witnesses that the claimant is the widow of the deceased be taken as evidence of the marriage; but the witnesses must state the facts and circumstances from which they derive their knowledge or opinion that she is the widow of the deceased.

copy 197
Benjamin F. Field
13.903
Dr. 903. Salisbury
Sept. 10/19
Con —

TO the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting at Hopkinton within and for the County of Hillsborough and State of New-Hampshire.
Benjamin Fifield  1820 July 11 th aged Sixtyfive resident in Salisbury in said County, comes into Court, and, in pursuance of an Act of Congress, passed on the 1st day of May, 1820, brings with him, and in his proper person, exhibits to said Court a schedule by him subscribed, containing his whole estate, and income, (his necessary clothing and bedding excepted) as follows:
Real Estate none
Personal Estate
  Two Shoats 20.00 Brot. forward 106.52   1 Mare & Colt 40.00 Stephen Philbrick Note 21.00   1 Saddle & Bridle 6.00 Culling Stevens note 10.00   8 old chairs 2.67 Jon a Bean Note 10.00   2 Tables 2.00 John Smith note 10.00   2 low chests 2.00 Nathan Tucker Note 10.00   1 Brass Kettle 5.00 Nathan Tucker Note 9.00   2 Iron Kettles 3.00   1 Pot 1.25   2 Wheels 2.00   1 Loom 10.00   1 Tea Kettle .75   1 Case Knives & forks 1.00   Crockery Ware 2.50   Pewter Ware 1.50   1 Plowe 3.00   2 Axes 2.00   3 old Hoes .35   3 Scythes 1.50   carried forward, $ 106.52 
owes
  Stephen Philbrick note $21.   Culling Stevens note 10.   Jon a Bean note 10.   John Smith note 10   Nathan Tucker note 10   Nathan Tucker 2 nd note 9   $70 
  Two Shakers of Enfield 100.00   Anthony Whitmore 60.00   Jon a Webster 12.00   Esq. Bartlett 5.00 177.00   40   $217.00 
Benj a Fifield
And the said Benj a Fifield in pursuance as aforesaid produceth to said Court the following oath, by him duly taken and subscribed, viz:
I Benjamin Fifield do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Benj a Fifield

And the said Benjamin Fifield he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows, viz.
doth here in Court further declare on oath, that
he enlisted in February 1776 for one year under Capt James Osgood of Simsbury, Beattle Regiment, and served out the whole period of time and then discharged at Saratoga in the State of New York was not in any engagement, on account of being taken as prisoner when I suffered severely
That the date of his original declaration in order to obtain a pension is the 20 th day of April 1818. And the number of his pension certificate is 13.903
That his occupation is Farmer
That the number and names of his family residing with him, and their ages and capacities to contribute to their support, are as follows, viz.
wife aged fiftytwo in a poor state of health two Twin Boys aged 18 years in health one daughter 15 unable to do anything one Daughter aged 12 years weakly herself unhealthy in so much that he is unable to support his family without assistance of his country
Benj a Fifield
Wherefore he prays the opinion of the said Court as to the value of the property contained in the said Schedule and that the same together with a copy of the premises be duly certified, to the Secretary of War.
Sworn and declared before the Hon. Joshua Darling & J. K. Smith Justices of S d Court the 11 th day of July 1820.  W. Eastman Clerk
Hillsborough ss.] Court of Common Pleas.
July 11 th 1820.
The aforesaid Schedule and oath, and the above declaration, duly subscribed and sworn by the said Benjamin Fifield having been by him exhibited in person and presented to the Court, and the same being seen and considered:
It is the opinion of said Court, that the value of the property, contained in said Schedule is One hundred and seventy six dollars fifty two Cents and the s d Benja a Fifield is indebted as above
Wherefore the Court order that a copy of the premises with the proceedings thereon, be duly certified, to the Secre- tary of War.
Attest,
M. Eastman Clerk.
Hillsborough STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. ss.] I M. Eastman Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the said County of Hillsborough being a Court of record, do cer- tify, That the foregoing Schedule and oath and the declaration annexed, with the proceedings and opinion of the Court thereon, are truly copied from the records and files of said Court.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court the 11 th
day of July 182 0
W. Eastman Clerk.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No 1742 Susanna Hifield Widow Benjamin Hifield Pro. Rev. War.
Act: July 29, 1848.
Index: —Vol. 2 , Page 236
[Arrangement of 1870.]

✓ 14,988
3 Geo. Arns

Am: Act / 29 th July 48. No: W. L. M.

I Ezra Abbot of Concord in the County of Rockingham & State of New Hampshire testify & say that I enlisted into the Service of the United States of America in the Revolutionary war as a private soldier on the Continental establishment about the first of March 1776 and was attached to Capt James Osgood's Company in a Regiment commanded by Col o Timothy Bedel and served as a soldier in said Regiment until about the middle of December following that when I enlisted as aforesaid Benjamin Fifeild then of Concord aforesaid but now resident in Salisbury in said State was an enlisted soldier in the said Company that we continued in the said Service and messes together during all the terms aforesaid and were discharged at the same time - The said Regiment was of the New Hampshire line Ezra Abbot
June 22 1819
State of New Hampshire Rockingham ss June 22 1819
Then personally appearing the said Ezra Abbot made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit
Before me
Wm A Kent
Justice of the peace throughout the State

State of New Hampshire Rockingham ss June 22 1817
I hereby certify that Ezra Abbot the signer of the within affidavit is a respectable citizen of the town of Concord and his veracity to the best of my knowledge & belief is undoubted and that I believe him wholly disinterested in this application
Yrs A Kent

State of New Hampshire Secretary's Office
June 22. 1819 —
I hereby certify that William A. Kent Esquire whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate is a Justice of the peace throughout said State and that to his acts and attestations as such faith and credit are due
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the public seal of said State on the day of the date hereof —
Sam l Sparhawk Sec y

Know all men by these presents that I Susanna Yaple of the County of Portage and State of Indiana here made constituted and appoint- ed and do by these presents make or deem con- stituted and appoint G W Welch my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name and for my use to ask demand and receive all such sums of money which is or shall be due owing and payable to me from the United States under the law approved the 29 th of July AD 1848 entitled an act for the relief for certain surviving widows of officers and soldiers of the revolu- tionary army and I hereby give my said Attorney full power and authority in and about the premises to have use and take all lawful ways and means in my name for the recovery of said and upon the receipt of the said money and money notes of the aforesaid law to make seal and deliver acquittances and other sufficient discharges for me and in my name and generally to do and perform in my name all other acts and things necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully and amply to all intents and purposes as I myself could have done if personally present. And I hereby ratify and confirm all and whatsoever my said Attorney shall lawfully do in my name in and about the premises by virtue of these presents. In

witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this the seventeenth day of June AD 1850
Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of Thomas H. Kirtland
Her Susanna Kirtland Mark
State of Indiana, Porter County ss 3
Be it remembered that on this the 18 th day of June AD 1850 before me William C. Salcott Probate Judge of the County and State aforesaid by authority of law duly qualified and qualified the above named Susanna Kirtland personally came and acknowledged that she signed sealed and delivered the above and foregoing letter of attorney as her act and deed for the purposes therein expressed
In the name whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written Wm C Salcott Probate Judge.
State of Indiana } I William W Jones Clerk Porter County } of the Porter County circuit
Court do hereby certify that William C Salcott before whom the foregoing Power of Attorney was acknowledged was at the time of taking such acknowledgment

Image of the Porter County Probate Court by authority of Law duly commissioned and qualified and that as such full faith and credit are due to his official acts and that Said Probate Court is a Court of Record Established by the Constitution and Laws of the State of Indiana In testimony whereof
I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of Said circuit Court at Valparaiso in Said County this 16 th day of June AD 1850
W. W. Jones, Clerk D. C. C.

State of Morano } Porto County p 3 }
On this the seventeenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty personally appeared before me the undersigned William C. Gilcote Probate Judge of the County of Porto and State of Morano Rachel Courrier a resident of the County of Porto in said State of Morano who being first duly sworn in her oath says that she was present at the marriage of Benjamin Gilfeald and Susanna Choate that they were married at Endfield in the State of New Hampshire on the fifth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety seven and that the said Susanna Gilfeald who made the aforesaid and foregoing affidavit for a person in the same identical person who was married to the said Benjamin Gilfeald or above stated and that the said Susanna was married to the said Benjamin Gilfeald according to the laws of the said State of New Hampshire. That the said Susanna now remains a widow even since the death of the said Benjamin Gilfeald and that she readily believes the said Benjamin Gilfeald is the same person who served in the revolutionary army. Rachel X Courrier Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and year above written. Wm. C. Gilcote, Probate Judge. Mark

State of Ind and
Porter County ss
I William C Galtott Probate Judge of the County of Porter and State of Indiana do hereby certify that Rachel Galtott the person who made the annexed and foregoing affidavit before me is a woman of truth and veracity and that she is entitled to be believed upon oath and also that she is a person of good moral character
Wm. C. Galtott Probate Judge.
Probate Judge of the County & State of Indiana.
State of Indiana } I William W Jones Clerk of the Porter County ss } Porter County Circuit Court hereby certify that I Wm C Galtott the Subscriber to the foregoing certificate is an acting Judge of the Probate Court in and for the County of Porter and State of Indiana and that as such his official acts are entitled to full faith and credit In testimony whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said Circuit Court at Valparaiso in said County this 18 th day of June A.D. 1850 W.W. Jones Clerk D.C.C.

No Susanna Tiffield widow of Benjamin Indiana at 29 July 1848,
Married 1797 Husband died 1824,
Adm d $96 per annum Comig 4 March 1848,
Madison Roll
Wm Graham W. Fitch W of R

House of Rep's
June 25 th 1850
Sir,
Herewith please find papers in the case of Susannah Fifeield, widow of Benj n Fifeield an applicant for pension; together with Power of Att y to myself. Her friend who encloses the papers to me desires me to inform him if there is any deficiency in the papers.
Respectfully Yours
Hon. N. Edmunds Comm ee Pensions
Waham A. Fitch

Additional Evidence case of
M c Susannah P. Fi- lied
wid Benjamin
act-1855-
160 acres
No 100 992 -
Boyetan
Filed Jany 21 st 1856 By R. H. Gallad Att.

State of New Hampshire Secretary of State's Office I do hereby certify, that from an examination of the Books and Doc- uments relating to Military Service in the War of the Revolu- tion, which remain in this Office, it appears that the name of "Benjamin Sifield" is borne upon the "Pay Roll of Captain Joshua Abbot's Company as a Private in said Company Vol. 2 Page 2 G. — "Pay Roll of Captain Joshua Abbot's Company in Col. Henry Gerrish's Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers which Company marched from Concord and Lawns Adjacent Sep. 1777 and joined the Northern Continental Army at Saratoga" "Names" "Benjamin Sifield" "Entry" 1777 Sep. 28. "discharged" 1777 "Oct. 26" "Time in service" 29"
Also is borne upon Vol. 8 Page 178 "Pay Roll of Capt James Osgood's Co. in Col. Bedell's Regt. 1776 Two Months wages to Officers and one Month to non commissioned Officers & privates Also 40/ bounty 15/ Blanket money & 1 d p Mile billeting" "Rec'd of Israel Morey Esq. Benja Sifield Feb 14. 1778."

Also is borne upon Vol. 8. Page 191. "We the Subscribers Officers & Soldiers belonging to Capt. James Osgoods Company in Col. Tim- othy Bedells Regiment hereby Acknowledge that we have received of Israel Morey Esq. the following Fire arms with the several Accoutrements thereto belonging as prefixed to our names in the following columns for the service of the United Colonies in the Northern Continental Army, and for the use of said Fire Arms and Accoutrements we the Subs- cribers agree to allow the sum of six shillings Lawful Money to be deducted out of our wages for the use of each Fire Arme &c."
"Head Quarters Oxford March 5 th 1776" "No" of Armes "47" "Benjamin Sifield" "Fire Armes" "1 Puc" "2. 5" "Ben Sifield"
"Also is borne upon Vol. 8. Page 238. A List of Capt. James Osgoods Company in Col. Timothy Bedells Regiment Quarters —
x x x x x x x "Benjamin Sifield private"
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said State, this Twelfth day of February A.D. 1856.
Samuel A. Patten Secretary of State

I John Townsend of Salisbury of Lawfull age testify. That I have been acquainted with Benjamin Fifield an Inhabitant of said Salisbury for more than Ten years last past that he has is in Indigent circumstances and stands in need of his country for support
June 26 th 1819 John Townsend { Son of the Selectmen of Salisbury
I Benjamin Pittingill J r of Salisbury in the County of Hillsborough in the state of New Hampshire of Lawful age testify, that I have been acquainted with Benjamin Fifield an Inhabitant of said Salisbury for a number of years last past, & that he is in indigent & reduced circumstances, & stands in need of his Country for support —
Benj a Pittingill J r
Hillsborough J r
June 21 st 1819. Then the above named John Townsend & Benjamin Pittingill J r severally appeared & made solemn Oath to the truth of above affidavit by them severally signed before me
Andrew Bowers Justice of Peace I further certify that the above named John Town- send & Benjamin Pittingill J r are reputable Free holders, & credible witnesses —
Andrew Bowers J r P. & of the Inferior for said County.

Hillsborough ss. The State of Northampton I Moses Eastman Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County of Hillsborough hereby certify that Andrew Bowers whose name is subscribed to the within certificate is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, that the same is in his own hand writing and that full faith & credit ought to be given to his Official acts. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court this Twentyfifth Day of June A D 1819
Moses Eastman Clerk

Deposition of Jonathan Beane in com of Benjamin Tipton & John Mason

I Jonathan Bean of Salisbury in the County of Hills- borough and State of New Hampshire certify and say that I am well acquainted with Benjamin Dinsfield of said Salis- bury and John Mason of Warner in said County and believe them to be good men and in reduced circumstances in life so as to need the assistance of their Country for support
April 20. 1815
Jonathan Bean
Sworn to before me Joshua Duling Justice of the Peace

I Daniel Young of Warner in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire, testify and say that I enlisted into the Service of the United States of America in the Revolutionary War as a private Soldier on the Continental establishment about the middle of February 1776, and was attached to a Squad in Capt. James Osgood's Company in a Regiment commanded by Col. Bedel and served in said Regiment, until sometime about when I was discharged from my enlistment, on account of sickness the middle of Nov. of the same year; about the 10th of March 1776. our Company mustered at Bedford. I then became acquainted, with Benjamin Fifeild, then of Concord now of Salisbury in New Hampshire aforesaid who was an enlisted Soldier in the same Company - and knew the said Benjamin Fifeild to continue to perform the duty of a Soldier faithfully in said Company and in said Bedel's Regiment until my leaving the Company in Nov. 1776. when I left said Fifeild in doing duty in the Company aforesaid. ————— Our enlistment was for one year - and I have no doubt, but that the said Fifeild, continued to serve until regularly discharged - and that said Benjamin Fifeild who has this day been in my presence is the same identical man who performed the Service aforesaid, and is the person for whom this affidavit is taken. Daniel Young June 23. 1819.

State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough ss.
June 23. 1819
Then personally appeared the within named Daniel Young, (with whom I have been acquainted more than 20 years and who is a credible and disinterested witness) and made solemn oath that the within declaration or affidavit by him subscribed, according to his best recollection, is just and true
Before me Joshua Darling
One of the associate Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, for the First District, Hillsborough County - New Hampshire. Also one of the Justices of the Peace, & of the Quorum for said County.